School: Lusmagh
- Location:
- Gortarevan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0814, Page 206
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- The most common weeds are Scutch grass, Chicken weed, and Him lock.
Scutch grass grows un up land. It grows only after ploughing and if you harrow the ground soon after ploughing, it will be very hard to till it that year and also the crop wont be verry good. Chicken weed does a lot of harm to the potatoes. When you see it comming up you should pull it up all to geather. Him lock is a plant that grows in gardens. It is a plant that grows plenty It also kill young goslings.
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- James Troy
- Gender
- Male
